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An Ontario judge has ordered costs personally against a lawyer who brought an emergency application to stop a hospital from taking her client off life support, despite having no instructions from him or his family to do so.

Now that the Law Society of Upper Canada has committed to opening some parts of family law to paralegals, practitioners are warning against letting paralegals offer legal services in the area without lawyers’ supervision.

Editorial Obiter

No one would say it was a dull year. While 2016 might have brought external developments that few could have anticipated, the most interesting facets of the legal profession in 2017 were the discussions that took place internally.

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A plea bargain with the federal Crown in a criminal proceeding in which it agrees not to seek forfeiture of certain assets will not necessarily prevent the province from successfully bringing its own application under the Civil Remedies Act.

The Ontario Court of Appeal is reminding trial judges that in cases involving a fatal collision between a vehicle and a pedestrian, the focus should be on whether the driver’s actions were criminally culpable and not the specific circumstances of the collision.

The federal government says it has not taken further steps to give judges the discretion to waive the mandatory victim surcharge, despite announcing its intention to do so 14 months ago, because of a lack of time available in Parliament.

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Law Times Poll

Ontario lawyers and bencher contenders recently said they are hoping that new proposed rules for alternative business structures limit the corporate influence on lawyers. Will this issue be something that factors into your voting for the upcoming election for benchers at the Law Society of Ontario?

Yes, this issue will influence how I vote.

No, I think there are other issues of greater significance facing the profession.